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Vocalists Improve Their Jen Ratio


Susan Raeburn, PhD, shares the idea that the key to improving the quality of your vocal work may lie in improving your Jen ratio:

Confucius introduced the concept of Jen to refer to kindness, humanity, and reverence and bringing the “good things in others to completion.”

But what does this have to do with being a vocalist?

Dr. Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, describes the science behind positive human emotions such as gratitude, humor, compassion and awe, and suggests that one can increase the meaning in one’s life by improving what he calls “the Jen ratio.” > read more

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Creativity: Don’t Think – Do.

Dr. Susan Raeburn shares with vocalists a way out of the creative rut.

Last week we identified self-care as a key part in each stage of the creative process.

We looked at Barbara’s challenge of feeling inadequate and subsequently abandoning her CD project.

Today, I want you to consider steps ahead you could take in your creative processes.

We need to do much more than “think” about it; thinking can keep us mired in our creative rut so, I invite you to try the following exercise.

EXERCISE: Taking Care of Yourself During the Creative Process

Think of something creative you are trying to accomplish now, perhaps a specific project.

Grab a journal or a blank piece of paper. Sit down in a quiet place and spend just a few minutes asking yourself the following questions: > read more

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